Just thought I'd finally drop in!

G'day folks,

Even though I'm an Aussie collector, I've been reading these forums for some time. I figured it was time to say g'day and post some pics of my collection.

I mainly post over at Gunboards, but gain knowledge from all of these forums. I appreciate your input and have spent alot of time reading here.

Anyway, here are my rifles. I've long had a Lee-Enfield interest, and have built up this collection over some years.

I don't yet have a Longbranch No4, but hope to rectify this omission soon!

The rifles are;

Pic1
1889 Lee-Metford MkI*
1896 Magazine Lee-Enfield 'Long Tom'
1912 BSA No1 MkIII
1915 Lithgow No1 MkIII H (converted to Army Marksman rifle in the early 1930s)
1917 BSA No1 MkIII*
1920 BSA Siamese Contract 'Smiling Tiger' No1 MkIII*

Pic2
1940 Lithgow No1 MkIII
1941 Lithgow No1 MkIII*
1917-made, 1944-converted Lithgow No1 MkIII HT sniper rifle

Pic3
1943 Maltby No4 MkI
1943 Savage No4 Mk1*
1953 Fazakerley No4 Mk2
1945 Fazakerley No5 MkI

Pic4
1916 Remington P14
1943 ar Mauser K98k
1950s Lithgow Model 12 .22

Cheers,
Matt

What, no ShtLE MkI? :)

Nice collection!

Beautiful pieces Matt .... :super:

.... and welcome to the site .... :)

Regards,
Badger

Nice looking collection you have there,Keep up the good work:beerchug:

And you do some jolly good vids on youtube, too!

I miss your country... I was born there, but my Pom parents dragged me back to Blighty at the tender age of two, then over here to Canada - Me sister has run back to live near Adelaide, and I've been down once to visit: Drove 4000km around south east Oz, and can't wait to get back and see more!

Which corner do you call home?

Cheers,

Neal

Great collection.
It's nice to have another part of the commonwealth represented.

Thanks fellas,

I live in Wagga Wagga, in southern New South Wales. Wagga is the home of the Australian Army recruit training centre, and has a long military history.

The collection has increased by one since the above photos were taken, I have added a 1943 Lithgow to the collection. I'm including a couple of pics of the 43 with my 40 for comparison.

Cheers,
Matt

Vegemite - shudder.

...is there no such thing as a quiet corner where a bloke can get some peace?

Just jokin' you mate.... welcome aboard..... For those who recall the pic, Matt had two items in the Lithgow Sniper Rifle gathering a few months ago after the booklaunch. The HT (shown in his pic), and the Vegemite jar as well (although without a closeup of the serial number I couldn't be sure it was the same Vegemite....) Look for his stuff on YouTube.

Vegemite is serial numbered? Is vintage Vegemite worth more if the cap and jar match?